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Events
1900s
1901
:
Federation of Australia
1901:
William McKinley
is assassinated and
Theodore Roosevelt
becomes
President of the United States
.
1901: First
Nobel Prizes
are awarded.
1902
:
Second Boer War
ends when the
British Empire
defeats the
Transvaal
Boers
.
1903
:
Panama
declares independence from
Colombia
with the support of the
United States
which gains control of the
Panama Canal Zone
.
1904
: The
Entente Cordiale
ends centuries of conflict between France and England.
1904
-
07
:
Herero Wars
between
Hereros
and
German colonists
in
Namibia
1905
:
Japan
defeats
Russia
in the
Russo-Japanese War
.
1905:
Norway
declares independence from
Sweden
.
1908
:
Petroleum
is discovered in the
Middle East
at
Masjed Soleyman
.
1908:
Bulgaria
declares independence from the
Ottoman Empire
1908:
Young Turks
lead a successful rebellion against the
Sultan
of the Ottoman Empire and rule it until
1918
.
1909
:
NAACP
founded.
1910s
1910
:
Union of South Africa
1910:
Japan
annexes
Korea
.
1910:
Portugese
Republican Revolution
1910-
28
:
Mexican Revolution
1910
:
Henry Ford
begins
mass producing
Model T
automobiles
.
1911
-
12
:
Xinhai Revolution
results in the end of the
Qing Dynasty
and the formation of the
Republic of China
.
1912
:
International Opium Convention
- first international agreement to curb the drug trade
1912: France establishes a
protectorate
over
Morocco
.
1912: The
RMS Titanic
sinks.
1912-
13
:
Balkan Wars
1912:
African National Congress
formed in South Africa.
1914
-
19
:
World War I
results in the dissolutions of the German, Austrian, Russian and Ottoman empires.
1914:
Panama Canal
opens.
1917
:
Russian Revolution
1918-
19
:
Spanish flu pandemic
1918-19:
German Revolution
leads to the
Weimar Republic
.
1920s
1929
-
39
:
Great Depression
1930s
1939
-
45
:
World War II
1940s
1945
:
United Nations
established.
1947
-
91
:
Cold War
1947
-
79
:
Indochina Wars
1947
-
99
:
Indo-Pakistani Wars
1948
: The
1948 Arab-Israeli War
touched off the ongoing
Arab-Israeli conflict
.
1950s
1950
-
53
:
Korean War
1955
-
68
:
Civil Rights Movement
1957
-
75
:
Space Race
1958
-
62
:
Great Leap Forward
1960s
1963
:
John F. Kennedy
is
assassinated
1968
: Riots followed the assassination of
Martin Luther King, Jr.
in the US. (see
1968 Washington, D.C. riots
)
1969
-
76
:
Cultural Revolution
in China
1970s
1973 oil crisis
1975
-
79
: The
Khmer Rouge
kill over 25% of the population of
Cambodia
(2 million people).
1979
:
Iranian Revolution
1980s
1980
-
88
:
Iran-Iraq War
1990s
1994
:
Rwandan Genocide
1996
-
99
:
Kosovo War
1998
-
2003
:
Second Congo War
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
User:Brunnock
Events
1900s
1901
:
Federation of Australia
1901:
William McKinley
is assassinated and
Theodore Roosevelt
becomes
President of the United States
.
1901: First
Nobel Prizes
are awarded.
1902
:
Second Boer War
ends when the
British Empire
defeats the
Transvaal
Boers
.
1903
:
Panama
declares independence from
Colombia
with the support of the
United States
which gains control of the
Panama Canal Zone
.
1904
: The
Entente Cordiale
ends centuries of conflict between France and England.
1904
-
07
:
Herero Wars
between
Hereros
and
German colonists
in
Namibia
1905
:
Japan
defeats
Russia
in the
Russo-Japanese War
.
1905:
Norway
declares independence from
Sweden
.
1908
:
Petroleum
is discovered in the
Middle East
at
Masjed Soleyman
.
1908:
Bulgaria
declares independence from the
Ottoman Empire
1908:
Young Turks
lead a successful rebellion against the
Sultan
of the Ottoman Empire and rule it until
1918
.
1909
:
NAACP
founded.
1910s
1910
:
Union of South Africa
1910:
Japan
annexes
Korea
.
1910:
Portugese
Republican Revolution
1910-
28
:
Mexican Revolution
1910
:
Henry Ford
begins
mass producing
Model T
automobiles
.
1911
-
12
:
Xinhai Revolution
results in the end of the
Qing Dynasty
and the formation of the
Republic of China
.
1912
:
International Opium Convention
- first international agreement to curb the drug trade
1912: France establishes a
protectorate
over
Morocco
.
1912: The
RMS Titanic
sinks.
1912-
13
:
Balkan Wars
1912:
African National Congress
formed in South Africa.
1914
-
19
:
World War I
results in the dissolutions of the German, Austrian, Russian and Ottoman empires.
1914:
Panama Canal
opens.
1917
:
Russian Revolution
1918-
19
:
Spanish flu pandemic
1918-19:
German Revolution
leads to the
Weimar Republic
.
1920s
1929
-
39
:
Great Depression
1930s
1939
-
45
:
World War II
1940s
1945
:
United Nations
established.
1947
-
91
:
Cold War
1947
-
79
:
Indochina Wars
1947
-
99
:
Indo-Pakistani Wars
1948
: The
1948 Arab-Israeli War
touched off the ongoing
Arab-Israeli conflict
.
1950s
1950
-
53
:
Korean War
1955
-
68
:
Civil Rights Movement
1957
-
75
:
Space Race
1958
-
62
:
Great Leap Forward
1960s
1963
:
John F. Kennedy
is
assassinated
1968
: Riots followed the assassination of
Martin Luther King, Jr.
in the US. (see
1968 Washington, D.C. riots
)
1969
-
76
:
Cultural Revolution
in China
1970s
1973 oil crisis
1975
-
79
: The
Khmer Rouge
kill over 25% of the population of
Cambodia
(2 million people).
1979
:
Iranian Revolution
1980s
1980
-
88
:
Iran-Iraq War
1990s
1994
:
Rwandan Genocide
1996
-
99
:
Kosovo War
1998
-
2003
:
Second Congo War
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